The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1879.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 176, 4 June 1879, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1879.

It is officially reported that the Hospital at Greytowu can only depend upon £SO per annum in the slmpe of voluntary subscriptions, and that tlio amount required to keep the institution open is £4OO per annum. Now £SO per annum in the shape of voluntary subscriptions would be doubled by an equivalent subsidy from the Counties, and when the Government subsidy was paid would be quadrupled, so that the amount of subscriptions wc refer to would represent £2OO per annum, or just one half the sum tlio Committee require. It is officially reported also that if the Government or County docs not interfere to furnish some special assistance, the Hospital will have to be closed. £2OO per annum is utterly inadequate for the purpose of maintaining the institution, and it is obvious that the only way out of the difficulty is to increase the income either by altering existing arrangements as to subsidies or by increasing the voluntary subscriptions which form the basis of Hospital incomes in the district. We are of the opinion that the existing arrangements as to subsidies should be maintained, and that .it is the fault of Hospital Committees themselves if they cannot raise 25 per cent, of the estimated expenditure by subscriptions, which is all that they are required to do. Till within the past twelve months we venture to assert that the amount of voluntary subscriptions received by the Treasurer of the Hospital at Grey town was about £3OO per annum. Now it is estimated at £SO, and we call attention to the somewhat extraordinary fact of a source of revenue dwiudling down to a sixth of its normal sum. What is the reason of this 1 It will probably be said that a Hospital like a new broom sweeps clean at first, and that when the novelty ( wears off subscriptions fall away, It will also argued that the present times are less favorable than former ones for voluntary contributions. It is moreover evident that the opening of the Hospital at Masterton tends to draw away support from the one at Grey town. All these reasons, however, do not account for a falling off from £3OO to £SO, There'is another reason, and

tliat is we fear that the present Committee is less 'active than former ones were. We feel certain that a Committee which, really took a lively interest in the Hospital could raise, with a very slight effort, £IOO per annum. Could not, say, Carterton, Greytown, Feathorston, and the Lower Valley raise .£2O a '.year each yearly, This quota, with : the payments received from patients,' would make up the income that is said to lie necessary for the proper conduct of the Hospital. The thing is absurd ! We know one settler in the Lower Valley who has given as much as £2O at a time to the Hospital; another who has given £10; a third who has given £5. In all the. places we have named we know lots of settlers who have never refused, when [ asked, to support this particular institution, and if subscriptions are falling off to nothing, we feel certain

that tho management is to blame. It is not easy to get settlers', to serve on a Committee month after month and year after- vciirwitli undiminished vigor and interest; nor is the Greytown Hospital: Committee the only apathetic public body in the Wairgrapa' ,> We' could find iii any towriiship of tliedistrictnumeroas Committees with a similar deficiency in vitality, The qnestion, however, of the closing of the Greytown Hospital having been raised, we feel bound to speak the truth on the question, and declare that if it be closed the verdict upon the death will be not ' died from impeeuniosity,' but ' perished fromneg-1 lect.' We trust an effort will be made to restore the Hospital to its former prosperity, and that it will in the future as it has done in the past deservo and obtain a satisfactory amount of voluntary contributions, It is as \vell r -too, to notice that the effect of the Hospital being closed would be—viz,, that a sum of perhaps £IOO from the Counties,'and £2OO from tho Government would be withdrawn from Greytown and transplanted to either Wellington or Mastcrton. Surely our friends in Greytown will not, without an effort, permit such a diversion of its subsidies to take place.

It is reported that the Government is importing largo quantities of ammunition. Mr John Disher, of Taueru, has filed a declaration of insolvency.. The Georgia Minstrels last night again secured a crowded house and enthusiastic applause in tho Town Hall, Masterton. ■ F. H. Wood and Co. sell sheep, cattle, and horses at the Wairarapa Sale Yards to-day. Tendors arc invited by Mr Doveton, architect, for the erection of a dwellinghouse for Mr J. lorns. - Mr Ben Smith, a Wellington architect twelve years ago, is about to settle in Wanganui. To-morrow evening tho Te Ore Ore nativss appear witli their Haka, at tho Theatre Royal, Wellington. The Kaitara School was opened' on Monday last by Mr T. Wakelin. It lias been closed since the death of its lato teacher, Mr J, Smith, surgeon, notifies that ho will visit Masterton every Tuesday, and that messages may be left at Mr It. Wyoth's, Queen-street. Notice is given that all persons found riding or driving on tho footpaths within the Borough of Masterton will be dealt with summarily. Tho West Wanganui Coal Company lias suspended operations, The shareholders-

.upended operations, The shareholders' .vho reside chiefly at Wellington have to pay the piper.

Wo call attention to an advertisement of Sander and Sons Eucalyptus Extract in anothhr column. This pnre botanical medicine is said to be the best specific in cases of inflamation and Diarrhoea, etc. Notice is given that the time for receiving tenders, for the Opaki Bridge contract over the Ruamalutiiga Piver is extended to June 10. The specifications may be seen at Carterton.

The Treasurer of the Masterton Hospital acknowledges the receipt of £SO from Wai'rarapa County East, being an advance on account of subsidy for the current year. The Deputy Commissioner under the Land Tax noiilles that the valuation list for the Masterton and Alfredton Ridings of County West may be seen up to June 18th at the County Council offices, Carterton.

Wo call attention to a sale on Saturday next of fruit trees, which Messrs lorns & Fergusson arc instructed to sell in the

Town Hall, Masterton. A brief catalogue of the same is given in our advertising columns, The trees arc from the best

nurseries in the colony, and arc warranto! true to name.

We are glad to be able to state that the Loyal Greytown Lodge of Oddfellows intend holding during the winter months a series of.monthly entertainments of a musical and literary character. They should be well attended by the Greytown public, as nothing of that kind has been tried lately. At the E. M. Court Featherston, 12th June, 1879, William Penn Ford was charged on the information of .James Huxley, with having embezzled £7l6s lOd while in charge of his branch establishment at Greytown. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labor. There wero no civil cases on tho list of any importance.

We give place to a circular which, we understand, has been sent to the different societies in Masterton, asking their aid and co-operation in the improvement of our park. It is to bo hoped that this matter will be liberally dealt with, and that in place of going hither and thither for a site for the annual sports, (l.ey will patroniae und support the public reserve in our very centre. Wo think that our citizens who have a direct interest in this recreation ground should also :iid the Trustees in a pecuniary way, and not leave the burden altogether on their shoulders" Masterton, June, 1879. Sir, —At a recent meeting of tho Park Trustees, a resolution was passed instructing the Secretary to communicate with the several public bodies in Masterton, in order to ascertain what pecuniary aid each would be willing to contribute annually for the use of the park on public occasions. You are aware that, prior to this date, no public land was available for sports or recreation purposes for the people. Public bodies had to go as it were a begging, in order to obtain permission for the use of a paddock for their annual sports at. inconvenient distances from the contre of population, and although' the owners have not as yet objected to tho applications of the several societies, it is quite apparent that such requests will not at all times be approved by the owners of land. It is now, however, very gratifying to find that after considerable expense, the Park Trustees can offer to the public societies a central position, well suited for all kinds of sports, pic-nics, and recreation,' and which will year by year further devoloped, as trees and other ornamental shrubs grow, and further improvements are made. The Park Trustees are therefore'very desirous of submitting this matter for the consideration of the society you represent with the request, you will be good enough to place,the same before the members at the next meeting of the society; and it is to be hoped, with the assurance of their steady co-operation, to assist the Trustees, in making the park as attractive for the public as it possible can be. If the Society should also think fit to offer any suggestions in this direction, the Trustees will only bo too happy too give them their best consideration.—l am, etc,, The Secretary,''.

It is statod'that the' proposed new loan will ho one of the earliest measures submitted to Parliament -, in the coming session.

• -We are sorry to hear yesterday that Mr Fi'eethj Clerk of.RM. Court, was thrown from; his buggy;. Though much shaken, we.are.glad tostSte that'"he 'sustained no seriousinjury, ' ' At a meeting of tho creditors of William Toogood, storekeeper and hotelkeeper, of Featherston, on Friday last, the deed of assignment was assented to, Mr Toogood assigned his estate to Mr J. S. M, Thompson for the benofit of his creditors.

A horse and trap belonging to Mr Strawbridge, of Waihakeke, were standing yesterday at Fretheyßros. offices, when suddenly the horso took fright and bolted towards the Rising Sun Hotel. Opposito Mr Barnard's shop tho trap came into contact with a telegraph post, which it completely shattered, and the shafts and horses continued their journey by themselves at a terrific rate, leaving what was left of the trap beside the pieces of the post, and pulling up at.the stables in the rear of-Mr Strawbridge's late, butcher's shop. Fortunately no one was in the trap at the time, and the only damage done was the fracture of the post and tho smashing of the trap. By the last Gazetto the Awhea Riding of County East .has been constituted a District under the Rabbit Nuieance Act, 1876, Amendment Act, 1877. The first election of trustees will take place on the 21st inst., at Mr Wm. Hodge's residence, Hautotara, It is also notified that Mr W,

Skeotis appointed Rctnrning Officer. The boundaries are described as follows The

Awhea Riding, in the County ot Wairarapa East, bounded towards the Northeast by Wainuioru Riding; towards the South-east .and South-west-by the ocean and Lalliser Bay, between the Pahau River and the Hurupi Stream ; and towards the North-west by the Wairarapa West Countrv. TheManawatu Herald understands that a gentleman in Poxton received a few clays ago a letter from a merchant at Patea, in which lie stated that he had just ordered 100,000 feet of timber from Nelson, The Patea steamer is to take the timber from Nelson wharf to Patea, receiving 5s Od per hundred feet as freight. The timber has to be despatched GO miles by sea to Nelson, which will of course be an extra freight charge. Surely Maiiawatu, which is much nearer to Patea, should be able to compete ■with the millers of the South Island, considering that freights are so high from thence,

A correspondent of a paper on the West Cost estimates the cost of producing timber in the following terms" Nearly all timber will be logged and put on the skids at Is fid per hundred feet, and sawn at 2s 3d to 2s fid per hundred feet; allow ing the sawmillar a tithe of Is, the whole cost will only amount to 5s per hundred feet; yet the selling prices have been— For totara, 16s and 13s; matai, 14s and

lis; red pine; 10s and lis; white pine, 8s and 9s; thus yielding immense profits after making every liberal reduction for plant, &c. This is how a writer in the local organ

describes Westport" Westport is called a town ; it lias lived for many years on suction and hope. The suction derived from the County districts, and hope from .the undeveloped future. It is bounded on the

north by Jules Simon's on the south by Nahr's Brewery, being a line it has no

breadth, and therefore no east or west. The public-houses are'not few but they are far between, which is an advantage, as topers can spread themselves out, Its principal products at present are children, bad temper, and newspaper correspondents, It has a Town Hall and an empty lock-up, It lias a wharf and a railway. It has a school and <i> school committee. This all one wants to know about Westport."

Exception has been taken, says the New Zealander, by some of the creditors in the estate of William Toogood, of Featherston, liotolkeeper and storekeeper, to the statement in our yesterday's report that, no opposition being offered, a deed of assignment [was agreed. to. There was opposition on the part of four out of the twelve creditors present, Mr Wingate, representing Mr Waring Taylor, proposed, and Mr Thomas'Ballinger seconded, that two creditors should bo appointed to inspect the books, and report on the estate at a subsequent meeting, but this was overruled, and a proposal made by the securing creditors, Messrs Thompson & Shannon, Krull, and the Bank of New Zealand, to pay 5s in the £, on the estate being assigned to Mr J. S. M. Thompson was carried by eight votes to four. The liabilities of the estate are £5929, of which £4700 are secured, and the assets show an excess of £3OO over liabilities,henco certain of the creditors considered that a better dividend might have been offered them.

I understand (writes "Anglo-Austra-lian "• in the European Mail) the AgentsGeneral for the Australian and New Zealand Colonies, and the other agents of the several Colonies in'the Empire, are sending out to their several Governments detailed plans, with estimate of cost, for the proposed Colenial Museum to be erected on the opera site on the Tames Embankment. The Dominion of Canada is put down for the largest share of the cost —i.e., L4I,OGG for 13,500 square feet floor space; New South Wales, Victoria, and New Zealand come next, at L 20,320 each for 0400 square feet space; Queensland is put down for L 13,970 for 4400 feet Western Australia for L 5239 for IGSO feet; Tasmania, ditto, ditto ; and Fiji L2OG3 for 650 feet of space. The other Colonies in the Empire rank in proportion. The plans and cost have been very carefully compiled; and it only remains for the Colonies to decide by the end of June next whether they will let this splendid opportunity of securing a museum in perpetuity slip out of their hands,

■ 'We have received (writes the Standard) tho result of tlio last census, from which we gather the . following particulars with regard to the number of the population of the four principal townships in the Wairararapa' Towns, Persons. Males, Females, Featherston 494 280 214 Greytown 724 389 335 Carterton 446 242 204 Mastertori 1,673 912 761 The population of Masterton includes its suburbs. The. population of Greytown had increased from 479 in 1874 to 724 in in 1878 ; and that of Carterton from 396 in 1874 to 440 in 1878. The population of Wairarapa West m 1874, including the Borough of Masterton, 7,163, and of Wairarapa East 1,200, of whom two-thirds were males, and only about one-third females. The population of the several ridings in Wairarapa West was as follows: —Alfredton riding, 247; Masterton riding, 955; Carterton riding, 1,543 ; Greytown riding, 1,679 ; Featherston riding, 939; and Otaraia riding, 227; shewing that at the time the population of the Greytown riding was larger than that of any othor riding in the County.